With over 300 detailed pictures Ananko Kata Form & Function shows how a kata can be deciphered, analysed and practised allowing it to become an effective tool for a physical confrontation. This... More > book not only crosses the boundaries of karate styles, but also any martial art, allowing the practitioner with varying levels of ability to take what they need from it, use it for their own study, thus building a solid foundation from which to grow.
This book isn’t about the Ananko Kata or the Bunkai, it is more about a Martial Arts Instructor on his own personal journey, that has required him to remove the blinkers of a single style and approach his art and training laterally, which is how our founding fathers of this beautiful world of Martial Arts intended us all to study and grow-Al Peasland< Less

With over 300 detailed pictures Ananko Kata Form & Function shows how a kata can be deciphered, analysed, practised allowing it to become an effective tool for a physical confrontation.
This book... More > not only crosses the boundaries of karate styles but also any martial art,allowing the practitioner with varying levels of ability to take what they need from it, use it for their own study, thus building a solid foundation from which to grow.< Less

A textbook dedictaed to karate and the kata and bunkai of Seienchin.
There as an architectural maxim that says “form follows function”. Many in the modern karate world interpreting kata... More > take the form and try to fit function around the stylized motion i.e. they are having “function follow form”. Originally the kata were formed as icons to archive self defense scenarios and therefore were created on the basis of “form following function”.
This text is not concerned with minor style differences (comments are of course given with regard to different styles and approaches) as one must remember that as little as 100 years ago the “modern karate styles” did not exist. Therefore, the focus of this text is on a core embusen (pattern) of the kata Seienchin and its applications – which are style universal and applicable to Goju, Shito-ryu, Kyokushin and Okinawan styles.
A complete study of any kata should involve its history, philosophy, sports and medical physiology and application.< Less

This is the information, history, and rumor that should have been included in every other book about kata. Rather than a catalog of pictures of people doing the movements from the kata, this work... More > contains descriptions, translations, and advice. Round out your understanding of Shotokan Karate kata by reading Redmond's fascinating and original work - both humorous and filled with good advice.< Less

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